Ceausescu Faces Western Pressure Amid Eastern Bloc Tensions
Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu meets a rural working visit at a Tulcea pig farm as Warsaw Pact maneuvers and Moscow warnings place Eastern Europe on edge. Soviet-led drills near Romania border signal psychological pressure and sustained friction over Romania's independent tilt toward the United States and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Longworth
Vienna
UPI
Tulcea
Nicolae Ceausescu
Black Sea
Communist Party
Warsaw Pact
Romania
Hungary
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Ceausescu
Europe
Kremlin
United States
China
Nist
Moscow
Bulgaria
Agnew backs Nixon China trip with caution on results
Vice President Spiro Agnew endorsed Nixon’s planned visit to mainland China while warning against overly optimistic outcomes. In an interview with Godfrey Sperling Jr. Agnew said he fully supported opening communications with Peking’s leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew
Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
China
Godfrey Sperling Jr
Christian Science Monitor
Peking
Barron Faces Move to Florida Minimum Security Prison
Former Gov W W Barron near Pensacola may serve a 12 year federal sentence at a Florida minimum security facility on a large reservation near Elgin Air Force Base. Barron is jailed in Kentucky awaiting grand jury proceedings in Charleston. The facility houses 150 to 200 inmates, no bars or guards, and lies about 250 miles from Fort Walton Beach with Pomano Beach nearby where Barron owns a condo. Barron must serve at least three years before parole eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.W. Barron
Pensacola
Fla
United Press International
Bureau of Prisons
Barron
Baron
Ashland
Florida
Elgin Air Force Base
Fort Walton Beach
Ralph Buckalew
Unemployment and Inflation Sparks Wage Policy Debate
The unemployment report followed a key inflation indicator showing rises in raw materials and manufactured goods since 1956 and a wholesale grocery price drop. Lawton Chiles will push a bill to freeze wages, prices, rents, and salaries at July 15 levels, while Nixon hints at nonbinding guidelines if Congress backs them. Proxmire urges broader wage price guidelines ahead of adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Washington
Nixon
Congress
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Personal Car Use Brings Reprimand in West Virginia
The head of a state institution received a severe reprimand for personal use of a state car, announced by Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr.'s office. An aide denied reports that Betty Bambrick used a state car on vacation, saying she traveled on business, then used the car after returning home to visit her father in Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Arch A. Moore Jr
Norm Yost
Betty Bambrick
Industrial School For Girls
Salem
Yost
Elkins
ADA Condemns Dentifrice Study
The American Dental Association in Chicago condemned a study on toothpaste causing gum inflammation as unsound. The ADA noted the results were released by Senator Claiborne Pell and reviewed by the National Institute of Dental Research and ADA, who uniformly denounced the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPS
American Dental Association
ADA
Sen. Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
National Institute of Dental Research
Bureau of Public Information
Saturday Meetings Slated By 3 Groups
The Young Marines will meet Saturday from 3 p m to 7 pm in Room 10 of the Memorial Building in Beckley. Youngsters should report with the records or the money they have collected for the records at this meeting. The Young Marines Mothers Association will also meet Saturday from 6 pm to 7 pm in Room 10. Following this meeting the Marine Corps League will meet for an election of officers for 1971 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Marines
Memorial Building
Beckley
Young Marines Mothers Association
Marine Corps League
Sewage Disposal Discussed By Beckley Board
Beckley Raleigh County Board of Health discussed non septic sewage disposal methods. R E Cartier outlined alternatives and costs as requested by Dr Charles W Merritt. Budget approval was noted with salary increases pending civil service adjustments. Landscaping bids were sent to Mrs Fred Hurt and Mrs Gwen Tucker for review with a report at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County
Gwen Tucker
Center
Charles W. Merritt
Cartier
CATV Systems Fill Market Station Gaps in Buffalo and Memphis
In Buffalo a CATV system imports two independents to reach three stations as required while in Memphis no independents exist and the service brings in three to meet the minimum. The article notes CATV can compensate for missing independents in markets lacking the required number of stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Memphis
Tenn
Ellsberg laments limited printing of Pentagon study
Daniel Ellsberg, facing a Los Angeles grand jury indictment for possession and disclosure of government documents, criticized newspapers for not publishing more of the Pentagon study. He argued the public lacks access to the full 7,000 documents and the chance to scrutinize officials' war decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Los Angeles
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ameri
New York Times
The
Washington Post
Defense Department
Elk River Oil Slick Prank Turns Up Short of Spill
State officials and Elk Refinery personnel searched the Elk River near Clendenin after a false report of 5000 to 7000 gallons of crude oil. Ira Latimer called it a hoax and urged citizens not to fuel such pranks. Elk Refinery noted a prior $1000 fine for pollution in the same river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Latimer
Department of Natural Resources
Elk River
Clendenin
Elk Refinery Co
UPI
Latimer
Elk Refinery
West Virginia Opposes Buckeye Plant Across from Wellsburg
The West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission protested Buckeye Power Co. proposed Ohio Valley plant across from Wellsburg citing already high particulates and sulfur oxides. Chairman Gus Douglass elected ex-officio. Beard authorized to seek cease and desist against FMC American Viscose in Nitro. Martinsburg Concrete Products to close if emissions persist. cooperation with Public Service Commission on John Amos Power Plant pollution data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission
Buckeye Power Co
Ohio River
Wellsburg
Carl Beard
Commission
Panhandle
Beard
Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Gus Douglass
Herbert Jones
FMC American Viscose
Martinsburg
Public Service Commission
John Amos
Putnam County
Staggers Denies New Probe Of CBS Under Way
Washington Rep Harley Staggers chairman of the House Commerce Committee said there is no ongoing CBS probe. A staff investigator talked with CBS employees in Los Angeles this week during unrelated business. The committee had recommended citing CBS President Frank Stanton over a film edit in The Selling of the Pentagon, but no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staggers
CBS
Daniel J. Manelli
Commerce
Broder
Los Angeles
Federal Aviation Administration
Frank Stanton
Pentagon
House
Stanton
Coal City Man Charged With Reckless Driving
A Coal City man, Jerry Wayne Hawkins aged 19, was charged with reckless driving after a single car accident on West Virginia Route 16 14. His 1967 car skidded 90 feet and struck five guard posts and flex beams, with total damages about 1650 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Wich
Coal City
Jerry Wayne Hawkins
Hawkins
Driver charged after two car crash on Route 16
A 1971 model auto driven by Wallace Wayne Halstead 39 of Crab Orchard attempted a pass on W Va Route 16 and struck Loretta Caldwell 25 of Stephenson in a collision at 6 40 p m Thursday. Halstead faces improper lane change charge with damages listed as amounts to the Halstead vehicle and 100 dollars for the Caldwell car per state police reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney View
Roger Lee Ayers
Mankin Ave
Robert M. Morris
Quinnimont
LeRoy Arlen O'Dell
Rainelle
Ayers
Morris
O’dell
W. Va
Ronnie Lewis Fink
Whitby
Jerry M. Adams
Bristol
Wallace Wayne Halstead
Crab Orchard
Loretta Caldwell
Stephenson
Halstead
Caldwell
Deaths and Funerals Notices
The community records a string of obituaries and funeral arrangements including Clara Velma Kincaid 71 of Midway died en route to a local hospital after a short illness born Oct 24 1899 in Ripley daughter of Aaron and Ida Jiiden. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Also James P. Nicholas Jr. 72 Beckley dies after a long illness funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Ebenezer Baptist Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Final rites for Vena S. Kincaid 50 Fayetteville 1 p.m. Sunday Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home chapel Rainelle burial Rhinehart Cemetery. Diab Catoni Thomas 103 Mullens death 7:55 a.m. today. survivors listed. body at Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral home. Oma Kester Milam 65 Arnett funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Arnett Chapel burial Miller Cemetery Rock Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Velma Kincaid
Midway
Ripley
Aaron and
Ida Bailey Jiiden
Hilltop Baptist Church
Evelyn Marie Poffitt
Ray Kincaid
Riverside
Calif
Bessie Lacy
Atlanta
Vena
Kincaid
Fayetteville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Rainelle
Freddie Steele
Rhinehart Cemetery
Massy
Beckley Hospital
Kingston
Alena Clifton
Oak Hill
Frank Scarbro
Patty Vance
Michael
Medie Winston
Chicago, Ill
Cletis Scarbro
R. L. Scarbro
Diab Catoni Thomas
Mullens
Milne
Lebanon
Mary Ranah Thomas
William
Richmond
Amene
Pineville
George
Wallace
Salene
Alene Isaac
Daytona
Fla
Louise Perry
San Diego
iCalif
Doris Mann
Arlington
Amyalene
Libby
Foglesong
Nease
Neely Funeral Home
Oma Kester Milam
Arnett
Arnett Chapel
John Richardson
Wade Webb
Pat Ruble
Miller Cemetery
Rock Creek
Beckley
Charles Milam
Final rites for Mabscott woman Effie Dailey
Mrs. Effie D Dailey 78 of Mabscott will be laid to rest in Greenwood Memorial Park after services at First Baptist Church Mabscott Sunday at 2 pm. Rev J W Gowen will officiate. She died in a local hospital Wednesday at 9 am after a short illness. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie D. Dailey
Mabscott
First Baptist Church
J. W. Gowen
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Federal Court Receivership Action Set For Thursday
A pretrial conference on a suit to place the North Beckley Public Service District in receivership is set in Beckley before U. S. District Judge Dennis Knapp. Plaintiffs, led by William F Adler and wife of New York City, seek class action status for bondholders who financed the district sewer system. Bond interest delinquent since 1969, with partial payments made. district says about $60,000 yearly goes to cover interest, still short of due amounts for 1970 and 1971. Attorneys Palumbo and File Jr. are listed for plaintiffs and NBPSD respectively. Judge Knapp to preside over multiple pretrial sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
New York
UPI
USS
Naval Court of
North Korea
Lloyd M. Bucher
Edward R. Murphy Jr
el Cajon
Calif
Bucher
North Beckley
Nbpsd Commission
Robert Thomson Jr
Mario Palumbo
Charleston
Campbell, Love, Woodroe
City Police Issue 8 Speeding Tickets
Eight motorists were cited for speeding by city police Thursday and ordered to appear in Municipal Court on August 12. Cited individuals include Teresa E. Alley 23 Bonnie M. Davis 29 Nancy Pat Sheppard 25 Hector L. Drye 26 Ramon C. Jereza 30 Silea Luchini 52 James Burg Hatcher 54 Kenneth Paul Hinzman 17 and James E. Pannell 32 with accompanying charges such as driving without a license or corrective lenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa E. Alley
Bonnie M. Davis
Hedricks St
Nancy Pat Sheppard
Violet Lane Glen
Hector L. Drye
Daniels
Ramon C. Jereza
Parkway
Silea Luchini
S. Kanawha St
Beckley Pool Fund Nears Goal as Donations Grow
The Beckley drive to build a municipal Olympic pool at City Park on the 1921 By-Pass has raised 57,486 dollars and 89 cents toward an 80,000 dollar local share. Recent contributors include C. A. Melaniel and wife 25 dollars Dr. Richard Richmond 100 Elizabeth Fink 5 Raleigh Redi-Mix 100 Mrs. Robert Scott 5 and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
U. S. Bureau For Recreation
C. A. Melaniel
Richard Richmond
Elizabeth Fink
Raleigh Redi-Mix
Robert Scott
Lewis Fox
Kenneth Lester
Sheri Winter
Elizabeth Baptist Church
McAlpin
C. A. Stevenson
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Crimea
Alexander Dubcek
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sete
Chaj
Miles
Craiova
Ploesti
Sofia
U.S.S. R
Doroho
Kasi
Bucharest
Bee Rae
Bedford
Mass
Birobidzhan
Soviet Far East
Thomas Matthew
National Economic Growth and Recovery Organization
NEGRO
London
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Worriginiti
Beckley National Bank
Fou
APCC
Ohio Valley Power Plant
Mrs
Clara Kincaid
James Nicholas Jr
James P. Nicholas Jr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey O. Mitchell
Ritchie and Johnson
Vena Kincaid
Oma K. Milam
Diab C. Thomas
Effie Dailey
James Burg Hatcher
Stanley St
Kenneth Paul Hinzman
Russell St
James E. Pannell
Meadows St
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